Forestry Consultants

BW Timber Harvesting is a logging and timber buying business run by Ben White out of North Haverhill, New Hampshire. Ben and his crew take on timber harvesting jobs for residential, commercial, and municipal landowners, and they also buy standing timber, clear land and lots, and help with forested land use planning and view enhancement. They work across New Hampshire and Vermont, naming Grafton, Sullivan, Merrimack, and Windsor counties as areas they cover, and they've been doing this over 20 years. When you reach out, they offer a free, no-obligation look at your property before anything is decided. From there they build a plan around what you want from your land and what you can spend, whether that's a one-time harvest or something longer term. Ben talks directly with the landowner from the first call through the end of the job, rather than routing you through office staff. They describe their work as "selective and intentional cutting" rather than quick extraction, and they say "we protect your land like it's our own." They carry insurance. No species or tract size comes up in what they've put out there, so if you've got a small or unusual woodlot, a call to Ben is the way to find out if it's worth his time. This fits a landowner in New Hampshire or Vermont who wants one person to deal with start to finish, and who'd rather get a free walk of the land before committing to anything. From bwtimberharvesting.com, read 8 October 2026.

Stillwater Forestry LLC is a forest management company based in Claremont, New Hampshire. They work across New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine, handling timber harvesting, forest management plans, boundary line maintenance, annual forest security inspections, wildlife habitat improvement, land acquisition, pasture clearing, and timber appraisals. They also buy standing timber outright. They work with White Pine, red oak, hardwood, spruce, and pulpwood. Here's how a sale typically runs: they meet with you, look at your access and goals, and decide if a harvest makes sense. You sign a "Contract For Services" agreement, and no money changes hands up front. They lay out the harvest, mark the timber, handle permits, and give you an estimate before cutting starts. Then they bring in a logging company to do the actual work and administer the harvest start to finish. They describe themselves as "fully licensed Vermont, Maine & New Hampshire Forest Management Services company," distinct from being a logging outfit themselves. They say they've been at this more than 25 years. For this listing, Stillwater Forestry LLC is shown serving Sullivan County. They state a minimum of 10 acres for parcels they'll consider buying, though they say they'll also look at much larger tracts. This fits a landowner who wants one company to coordinate the whole process, from marking trees to finding a logger to closing out the sale, rather than juggling a forester, a buyer, and a logging crew separately. From stillwaterforestry.com, read 8 October 2026.

Timberdoodle Farm & Sawmill is a sawmill and logging business based in Strafford, New Hampshire. They cut timber, clear land, saw custom lumber, kiln-dry it, and offer ecological forestry consulting, so a landowner can go from standing trees to finished boards with one outfit. They work with softwood and hardwood, and do a fair amount of pine tree removal where pines are shading out solar panels or garden space. Jobs include timber harvesting and logging, land-clearing, custom sawmilling, kiln drying, surfacing and custom profiles, and ecological forestry consulting. On a harvest, they handle the paperwork with you, usually an Intent to Cut filed with the town, and bring in a licensed forester when needed. They describe their approach as "ecologically responsible timber harvests" and say their work can "look pretty big" while they try to keep it "woods-sensitive." They cover a stretch of New Hampshire and Maine towns including Strafford, Dover, Durham, Barrington, Farmington, Northwood, Concord, Lee, Madbury, Gilmanton, Eliot, ME and Berwick, ME, and say they're willing to travel outside that area if asked. They've worked on both small lots and full farms. Miles and Katrina Amaral started the business in 2010 on a homemade chainsaw mill out of a driveway in Madbury. Both are certified lumber graders under New Hampshire's Native Lumber Law, and they belong to the NH Timberland Owners Association, the Northeast Loggers Association, and the Forest Stewards Guild. The smallest acreage they mention taking on is 0.5 acres, as part of jobs ranging from small lots up to 300-acre farms. This fits a landowner who wants one business to both log the trees and turn them into usable lumber, rather than separate contractors for each step. From timberdoodlesawmill.com, read 8 October 2026.

Garland Lumber Co. Inc. is a logging and forestry business based in Center Conway, New Hampshire, with offices in North Conway. The family has been at this since 1962, and the company itself was set up in 1975 as a full-time operation. It's still run by the Garland family today. They handle timber harvesting, forest management plans, timber appraisals and inventories, tree farm inspections, land clearing, and help with woodland protection. They have a licensed professional forester on staff, Karla Allen, who is also an American Tree Farm Inspector and a Technical Service Provider. She works alongside seven logging crews, so they can "mix and match" equipment and people to fit your land and what you're trying to do with it. They say they manage about 2,000 acres for sustainable forestry on an ongoing basis. Their own words: "We look at each client and their property individually and try to match their personal objectives to their land." Whether you want income now, a long-term plan, wildlife habitat, or just to keep the woods healthy, that seems to be how they start the conversation. They work in Carroll County and describe their service area as covering New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont. They also run their own trucking side, Garland Transportation, so wood moves off your land without you having to arrange a separate hauler. This fits a landowner who wants a forester involved in the harvest decision itself, not just a logger showing up with a crew, and who doesn't mind a company with some scale and history behind it. From garlandlumber.net, read 8 October 2026.

Durgin and Crowell Lumber Co., Inc. is a mill in Springfield, New Hampshire. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Granite State Forestry Service, Inc. is a forestry consulting and logging firm based in New London, New Hampshire. They work in forest management, selective timber harvesting, logging, and timber sales, and they also serve Merrimack County. A sale or job with them starts with a free woodland evaluation, a walk through your property to look at your trees and talk over your goals. From there they put together a timber harvesting plan that covers the best time of year to cut, which harvesting techniques fit the land, which logging contractor suits the site, and where to put the log landing and trails. They handle the timber sale administration too, including marketing the forest products, locating and marking boundary lines, state and local permits and wetland notifications, and timber marking. During the harvest they supervise the work for compliance with state and local rules, including wetland regulations, and they are insured and say they only use insured logging contractors. Other services include current use taxation planning, timber inventories and appraisals, and forest management planning. They note that "most landowners will only harvest timber one or two times during the course of their life," which is the reasoning they give for leaning on a licensed forester to run the sale. They are a fully licensed forester in the state of New Hampshire and say they have been "practicing sustainable forestry in New England for over 30 years," with roots going back to 1983. This fits a landowner in New Hampshire, especially Merrimack County, who wants one firm to plan the harvest, line up the logging crew, and stand watch over the whole sale from boundary lines to the last load leaving the property. From granitestateforestry.com, read 8 October 2026.